gen 5 betadex

(long press, load in 4K) pic.twitter.com/100Rw88sL8

— Centro LEAKS (@CentroLeaks) October 17, 2024

Soooooooo much shit holy frick

Hey !zoomers! Do you wanna play a cel shaded Gamecube game?

You do?

LET'S PLAY "CAVE EXPLORER"!

(^p sure that dragon guy tries to vore you btw^)

Literally this

SM2 got an update with a new map and some balance changes. It includes these nerfs to player strength.

>Ruthless: Ammo crates have limited refills per player.

>Ruthless: Player's armour reduced by 20%.

>Substantial: Player's armour reduced by 10%

>Fencing weapons' perfect parry window will now have the same duration as balanced weapons but it will start from the first frame of parry animation

>Basic Auspex Scan: bonus damage on bosses is reduced by 30%.

>Melta Charge: damage to bosses is reduced by 70%.

The most significant change is that last one, basically what it means that you can no longer 1-shot bosses using a melta bomb and the auspex scan.

These changes seem pretty minor right? WRONG.

Wow, so no changes or improvements to Bolt weapons. But we are seeing the tried and true way of balancing a la Helldivers. The overall player experience is getting a downgrade via nerfs.And I love the reasoning given -> "Chaos operations aren't popular but we think they are too easy, so we made them harder".

"Overall player experience is getting a nerf" you wouldn't even notice these changes if they weren't listed you little cute twink. "Chaos operations aren't popular but we think they are too easy, so we made them harder" yes they thought chaos was too hard so they nerfed them but they realised they overdid it so they made them stronger again its called balancing you FRICKING R-SLUR.

All the nerfs to players completely doused my excitement for the update.

Bros...I can no longer mindlessly spam parry and 1-shot carnifexes...the imperium has fallen...trillions must die

Sorry but these nerfs on the player are too far. Limiting armour, fencing AND ammo all at once?! You've gone from one extreme to the other…

This is what all the whinging about the game being stupid because it was too easy after the last patch did

"Wow based devs listening to the players!"

"NO NOT LIKE THAT!"

Oh boy… they are doing a helldivers 2

Helldivers 2 and it's consequences have been a disaster for the g*mer race.

git gud

Shut the frick up. This is Warhammer, not Dark Souls.

Go suck Miyazakis peepee else where we want to have fun.

And here we have my most hated type of response.

>I would like the game to be challenging on the highest difficulty

>UM, this isn't dark souls you fricking SWEATY INCEL. Some of us G*MER DADS just want to have FUN

I FRICKING HATE this game's community and hope all these shitters leave so the devs stop listening to them and let people with triple digit IQs actually enjoy the game.

That's all. Been watching a friend play the Silent Hill 2 remake and it's basically Last Of Us wearing Silent Hill's skin.

!besties

KotakuinAutism smugsneed: https://old.reddit.com/r/KotakuInAction/comments/1g4wxgr/dustborn_dev_opens_up_after_brutal_launch_caught/

!g*mers !chuds !bipocs

Number 1; two new items got introduced and are actually useful. Hitman fans dont like that:

Number 2; a guy on youtube was so mad the devs didnt patch a glitch he spent a year killing every target with it to prove how "easy" it was. Even made his own thumbnail:

Number 3; this: https://www.tumblr.com/cartoonishly/752660248450531328/happy-pride-month-2024-diana-voice

Number 4; actual hitman news:

Free new content. Another Celebrity ET is coming out (not Gary Bussy)

!g*mers !fightclub

According to Bloomberg, citing sources familiar with the matter, the company is "taking a traditionally Japanese approach to reducing staff and sending workers to rooms where they are given nothing to do, putting pressure on them to leave voluntarily."

Oidashi Beya is a practice used by Japanese corporations to isolate employees by giving them no tasks, in an effort to get them to leave of their own volition, rather than be let go and receive severance.

In contrast, Japanese companies are barred both by societal and legal constraints that make it very difficult to fire employees. Historically, that led to the phenomenon of the madogiwazoku – literally, the tribe that sits by the windows.

Employees whose services were no longer needed, but that the company could not or did not want to fire, would be given a pleasant spot by the window to while away working hours by reading the newspaper.

The oidashibeya is in a sense madogiwazoku on steroids. Employees are typically placed in a room, often windowless, where they have nothing to do. In many cases their business cards are taken away, and they are forced to do menial, mind-numbing tasks, or given nothing to do at all.

Being excluded from the mainstream is particularly painful for those who have dedicated themselves to the company for many years, especially in the context of Japanese culture where murahachibu (ostracism from the group) is a traditional and strong form of punishment.

my heart is telling me !asians how much of this is true vs, and how much of this is reddit continuing to spread outdated 90s shit about Japan???

So after the pokemon leaks does that mean Joker was right… dawg wtf #pokemon #PokemonLeak #Pokemonleaks pic.twitter.com/9i2WHDr5BI

— Mexnator (@mexnator) October 14, 2024

where's all the sexy marsey literotica?

Is it good? Do I care about story?

That's why we're the GOATs ( I did the lifting )

cc : @Kang @Aba @RottenDonGER @Murdervann

Earn the "Kitten of Discord" Title in #Overwatch2 🐈‍⬛

This exclusive prestige title will only be available at Tier 175 of the Season 13 Battle Pass! pic.twitter.com/xRmTDCBJyO

— Overwatch Cavalry (@OWCavalry) October 14, 2024

!g*mers When did you stop playing Overwatch?

Never played - 56 votes

Still do - 4 votes

I’m still every now and then getting questions on whether we force DEI stuff into the games we’re making, so let me make it clear once and for all:

Absolutely Not. I find that entire approach perverted. I’m an artist, I would rather quit than have someone else tell me how we…

— thomasmahler (@thomasmahler) October 13, 2024

gaymers are mad

threads

https://old.reddit.com/r/pcgaming/comments/1g3hxeq/pc_g*mer_welcome_to_the_2024_edition_of_the_pc/ MODE

https://old.reddit.com/r/Games/comments/1g3ia76/pc_g*mer_welcome_to_the_2024_edition_of_the_pc/ NO ONE SHOULD SEE HOW BAD JOURNOS ARE

The OG article The top 100 PC games

Balatro ranked 50 spots higher than Halo lol

Balatro @ #8

Games missing

• Age of Empires 2 - All journos must be killed just for this

• Terraria

• Fricking Factorio

• Civilization 4

• Path of Exile

• Subnautica

• Amnesia

• Kingdom Come: Deliverance

• S.T.A.L.K.E.R.

• SOMA

• Dead Space

• Portal 2

• Dota or League or LOL or any moba but they have CS and R6 Siege

• No Fallout 3 or 4 but Fallout NV is there

Sneed and list the games you think they missed

Full List

fricking AI fricked up the list, just search in the https://archive.is/KbyyD page

What are you playing currently?

!g*mers

Previous Iterations:

2024

2023

Other rDrama vidya content

Last week's game: Katamari Damacy

Final Score: (10*20+9*6+8*0+7*1+6*1+5*0+4*0+3*0+2*0+1*2)/(20+6+0+1+1+0+0+0+0+2) = 8.97

All Previous Games:

Game to Discuss?

Factorio! The paradigmatic factory game, by which all others are judged. Sure, chinamen have their Dyson Sphere Program, r-slurs have Satisfactory, and nonverbalcels their Shapez, but those games would not exist without Factorio. What's the point of the game? To get a rocket to space, which may seem simple enough, except that rockets are pretty hard to build, and you have no idea how to build one, so you have to go off on this mad quest, for knowledge, bullets, and industrial capacity. It's a great game, and I thought it'd be best to see what people think of it now, on the eve of the release of its expansion, which will shake up a lot of the game, which has been mostly the same game for almost 10 years now. Voting is below, in the pinned comment.

October 20: Townscaper

October 27: Supreme Commander

November 3: Mudrunner

November 10: Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas

carp, capy, geto, donger pin please

So the Canalave library stuff about humans marrying Pokemon

was much worse in the original intent🗿 pic.twitter.com/sL77aO2KGu

— Gireum means oil (@GireumNewTown) October 13, 2024

!pokemon discuss

Rapidash, Typhlosion, Slakoth banged humans wtf

pic.twitter.com/CC7GRgfiGh

— Centro LEAKS (@CentroLeaks) October 13, 2024

i really wanna ping spam people about the recent leaks and maybe when pokemon pizza comes out we can all liveblog our playthroughs

i only need like 3.5k coins and ill pay people back as soon as i am able, guaranteed.

!g*mers !anime !furries !cuteandvalid !neurodivergents

edit: !pokemon is created tysm @loli_esports @AltAccountOkapi

all are welcome btw not gonna be picky

Thread locked.

!nms

I didnt expect my favourite games sub to be Islamophobic

So... Can you destroy planets in that game?

I found some star system with some weird inhabitants. ~1/3 of them think you gotta cut off a piece of your peepee just to hang out with the Atlas.

Sigh i expect some ignoarnt biased comments defending the perpetrator like always

Prior Israel sighting:

https://old.reddit.com/r/NoMansSkyTheGame/comments/aby0hd/i_found_israel/

I found Israel too, Gek based system

Did you know the Gek controls a disproportionate amount of the Universe's Units and are probably the cause of all hostile sentinel planets?

$2 billion in revenue last year

strategic application of casino and family game mechanics to optimize the sales funnel

OPTIMIZE THE SALES FUNNEL

A recent "Financial Audit" guest admitted that they spent hundreds of dollars on "Monopoly GO!". Intrigued by how Monopoly, which doesn't seem like it would support intense monetization, was extracting money from destitute r-slurs, I googled. I was surprised to learn it made $2 billion.

This article describes it's many monetization strategies. I'm not very familiar with mobile gaming so learned alot . If you're a true !g*mers that's also not familiar with mobile this article will shed light on WTH is going down on phones atm. It's written by a grifter with admiration for the uber-grifting Monopoly GO! has achieved through various nefarious means.

It seems that Monopoly GO! is a slot machine which rewards you for getting others to play. You roll for properties and you roll to attack other's properties and you play monopoly sometimes too! The wide appeal of the Monopoly brand enables this game to spread across generations and demographics that games about collecting anime girls or gardening can't.

Owned by Saudis

the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia, recognizing the transformative power of technology and entertainment in economic expansion, has made strategic investments in these sectors, positioning itself as a driving force in the digital landscape. Among its diverse portfolio lies Savvy Games Group, the company behind the groundbreaking acquisition of Scopely in July 2023. This acquisition, a bold move in the ever-evolving gaming industry, signals Saudi Arabia's unwavering commitment to user acquisition and its ambition to establish Monopoly GO! as a global phenomenon.

Mask the fact that it's a slot machine game by using Monopoly brand.

While the lifetime value (LTV) of slot machine users is substantial, the associated user acquisition costs are equally high, making it a risky proposition for game developers.

Monopoly GO!, much like its predecessor Coin Master, masterfully exploits this dynamic by cloaking a Coin Looter in the guise of a beloved family game. By tapping into the nostalgic appeal of Monopoly, the game lures players in with a sense of familiarity and comfort, disarming their defenses against the monetization tactics that lie beneath the surface.

Invite friends feature allows targetted advertising

Since the release of iOS 14 and the subsequent privacy changes, user acquisition for mobile games has become an increasingly complex and challenging endeavor. Traditional methods, once highly effective, have become less reliable, forcing developers to get creative in their approach. The developers of Monopoly GO!, however, appear to have discovered a novel and cost-effective solution – the game's social features. While seemingly innocent, the "Invite Friends" feature serves a dual purpose: expanding the user base and gathering valuable data for targeted advertising.

When players invite friends, they unknowingly grant the game access to valuable data points such as their friends' contact information and potentially even their gaming preferences. This data can then be used to create targeted advertising campaigns, reaching out to potential players who are more likely to be interested in Monopoly GO! based on their social connections and gaming habits.

This ingenious approach to user acquisition allows Monopoly GO! to circumvent the limitations imposed by recent privacy updates and reach new players in a cost-effective and organic manner. By harnessing the power of social interaction and leveraging the trust between friends, the game has carved out a unique path in the ever-evolving user acquisition landscape.

You can attack other players using money. I feel like this might be the feature stolen from Clash of Clans?

The game's social feature, allowing players to attack each other's properties, further blurs the lines between family game and Coin Looter. This mechanic, while seemingly lighthearted and competitive, fosters a sense of urgency and encourages players to seek revenge, driving them to spend real money to gain an advantage.

By allowing players to attack each other's properties, the game injects a dose of chaos and competition into the mix. This mechanic, while seemingly lighthearted, triggers a primal urge for revenge, driving players to seek an edge. Here's where the seemingly simplistic design reveals its brilliance. When a player gets attacked and loses hard-earned resources, the game strategically places a Call to Action (CTA) right in their path. This CTA might offer additional dice rolls, allowing them to quickly recoup their losses and launch a counter-attack, or it might entice them to purchase in-game currency to upgrade their properties and become more resilient against future attacks. These strategically placed CTAs capitalize on the emotions of the moment, subtly nudging players towards spending real money to fuel their virtual real estate empires.

Limited Time events to induce FOMO

Furthermore, the game masterfully utilizes a "fear of missing out" (FOMO) tactic to further enhance player engagement. Limited-time events and special offers create a sense of urgency, encouraging players to log in and participate before the opportunity disappears. This strategy keeps players on their toes, constantly checking back to see what new challenges and rewards await them. The combination of social interaction, competitive gameplay, and strategically placed CTAs transforms Monopoly GO!'s seemingly simple design into a powerful tool for engagement and, ultimately, monetization.

You're prompted to buy more dice rolls if you lose

These CTAs appear at opportune moments, taking advantage of a player's emotional state to nudge them towards spending real money. Imagine this: you're on the cusp of victory, just one property purchase away from securing a monopoly and dominating the board. However, your dice roll lands you on an empty space, leaving you one agonizing property short of your goal. Frustration washes over you, and just as you contemplate conceding defeat, a strategically placed CTA appears on your screen, offering you the option to purchase additional dice rolls. This CTA capitalizes on your desire to win, subtly influencing your decision-making process and making the prospect of spending real money seem like a small price to pay for ultimate victory.

Another article, not as good, but has this great picture

https://www.pocketg*mer.biz/decoding-the-live-ops-strategy-of-monopoly-go/

>The player rolls the dice

>The player receives

>The player rolls the dice

>The player receives

>The player rolls the dice

>The player receives

NEW BETA POKÉMON pic.twitter.com/0NkTXNvrnY

— Centro LEAKS (@CentroLeaks) October 12, 2024

Lmao the rotom shitter

Edit: way more shit in the feed. Apparently beta mudkip was a water bunny instead. This leak will be long af.